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I've been using "green" cleaners or making my own for over 20 years. Living in a fairly small town, I have a hard time finding some of the products I prefer if I'm buying off the shelf (Method for example). After seeing many ads for Grove, decided to give it a try rather than just ordering the same stuff from Amazon. I'm not a "retail therapy" kind of shopper. I don't "buy more to save more" or get taken in by "if you spend x you get a free y" kind of marketing. Unfortunately, I am clearly not the target market for this company, which is ALL ABOUT this. AND its a subscription service. Every month they throw a bunch of stuff in your cart they think you might like, and you have to go in and manually delete stuff you don't want. If you miss the email, well, they have your credit card number and a box of stuff you didn't choose shows up on your doorstep. Turning off the subscription all together is possible but takes some research.
I LOVE the idea behind this company. More natural/greener products all in one place and a move towards less plastic. But geez louise this is a pushy system. I don't want to have to monitor a system closely to avoid products being shipped. Just not my cup of tea.
Tip for consumers:
Beware that its an extremely aggressive subscription service.
Products used:
Misc. cleaning products, glass spray bottles.
Jennifer K.'s review of Grove earned 5 Very Helpful votes
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Thank you for your review, Jennifer! Grove is a flexible recurring order service by default but everything is completely customizable and up to you. It is most likely that those items were added to your cart because of your Product Subscriptions. You can customize the shipping frequency for each product in your subscriptions or remove them completely by clicking the "x" in the top right corner of the product photo. Items in your product subscriptions will be automatically placed in your cart based on those settings. Removing items from your subscription does not remove them from your cart if they have already populated for your next shipment. Having said this, we will certainly share your comments with our team. Thanks again for your review!